† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRifle, COColoradoUnited States
German15.6%17.9%12.5%
English12.9%12.6%9.5%
Irish10.8%11.2%9.4%
Italian4.9%4.9%4.8%
American3.2%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.8%2.5%1.3%
Polish2.1%2.1%2.2%
Norwegian1.9%——
Mexican20.7%15.8%11.3%
Salvadoran1.4%0.3%0.7%
Argentinean1.0%——
Spanish0.8%1.2%—
Guatemalan0.7%—0.5%
Spaniard0.4%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.7%1.8%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rifle, CO
Colorado
United States
Median age
39.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rifle, CO
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$93,592
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.8%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rifle, CO
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.2%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
21.4%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rifle, CO
Colorado
United States
Catholic
16.4%
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.8%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.9%
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rifle, CO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−23.5%
1896
+92.6%
1900
+50.9%
1904
−2.9%
1908
+20.5%
1912
+29.4%
1916
+39.1%
1920
−10.8%
1924
−26.7%
1928
−18.1%
1932
+29.2%
1936
+14.7%
1940
−12.1%
1944
−14.2%
1948
+0.7%
1952
−36.2%
1956
−25.8%
1960
−16.3%
1964
+19.1%
1968
−16.0%
1972
−16.7%
1976
−19.5%
1980
−21.5%
1984
−30.7%
1988
−6.4%
1992
+13.1%
1996
+6.7%
2000
−5.8%
2004
+5.5%
2008
+14.7%
2012
+7.5%
2016
+7.9%
2020
+16.1%
2024
+13.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
55.5%Harris23,060
42.1%Trump17,485
2.4%
D+13.4
R+2.7
D+14.9
41,545
D
57.0%Biden24,416
40.8%Trump17,497
2.2%
D+16.1
D+8.2
D+11.7
42,861
D
50.3%Clinton18,604
42.4%Trump15,682
7.3%
D+7.9
D+0.4
D+5.8
36,993
D
52.6%Obama18,154
45.1%Romney15,559
2.2%
D+7.5
R+7.2
D+3.7
34,483
D
56.6%Obama18,706
41.9%McCain13,843
1.5%
D+14.7
D+9.2
D+7.4
33,048
D
52.0%Kerry15,563
46.5%Bush13,907
1.4%
D+5.5
D+11.3
D+8.0
29,903
R
41.1%Gore10,224
46.9%Bush11,668
12.1%
R+5.8
R+12.5
R+6.3
24,904
D
45.8%Clinton9,671
39.1%Dole8,250
15.2%
D+6.7
R+6.4
R+1.8
21,123
D
41.5%Clinton8,902
28.4%Bush6,090
30.1%
D+13.1
D+19.5
D+7.6
21,445
R
46.1%Dukakis8,040
52.5%Bush9,159
1.4%
R+6.4
D+24.3
D+1.3
17,440
R
34.0%Mondale5,369
64.7%Reagan10,228
1.4%
R+30.7
R+9.2
R+12.5
15,813
R
29.8%Carter4,399
51.3%Reagan7,569
18.8%
R+21.5
R+2.0
R+11.8
14,742
R
37.7%Carter5,046
57.2%Ford7,654
5.1%
R+19.5
R+2.8
R+21.6
13,378
R
40.5%McGovern4,619
57.2%Nixon6,516
2.3%
R+16.7
R+0.6
D+6.5
11,392
R
37.2%Humphrey3,001
53.2%Nixon4,292
9.6%
R+16.0
R+35.1
R+15.3
8,064
D
59.4%Johnson4,154
40.4%Goldwater2,822
0.2%
D+19.1
D+35.3
R+3.5
6,992
R
41.8%Kennedy2,801
58.1%Nixon3,894
0.2%
R+16.3
D+9.5
R+16.5
6,706
R
37.0%Stevenson2,287
62.8%Eisenhower3,882
0.2%
R+25.8
D+10.4
R+10.4
6,182
R
31.7%Stevenson2,086
67.9%Eisenhower4,470
0.5%
R+36.2
R+36.9
R+25.4
6,586
D
49.8%Truman2,773
49.1%Dewey2,735
1.2%
D+0.7
D+14.9
R+3.8
5,573
R
42.8%Roosevelt2,220
57.0%Dewey2,956
0.2%
R+14.2
R+2.1
R+21.7
5,188
R
43.6%Roosevelt2,644
55.8%Willkie3,378
0.6%
R+12.1
R+26.8
R+22.1
6,059
D
55.3%Roosevelt3,065
40.6%Landon2,250
4.1%
D+14.7
R+14.5
R+9.6
5,545
D
63.1%Roosevelt3,673
33.9%Hoover1,973
3.0%
D+29.2
D+47.3
D+11.4
5,822
R
40.3%Smith2,016
58.3%Hoover2,920
1.4%
R+18.1
D+8.6
R+0.6
5,008
R
23.8%Davis1,121
50.5%Coolidge2,376
25.7%
R+26.7
R+15.9
R+1.5
4,707
R
42.5%Cox1,906
53.3%Harding2,390
4.3%
R+10.8
R+49.9
D+15.4
4,488
D
66.6%Wilson3,394
27.5%Hughes1,402
5.9%
D+39.1
D+9.6
D+35.9
5,098
D
49.1%Wilson2,576
19.7%Taft1,032
31.2%
D+29.4
D+9.0
D+9.9
5,244
D
57.5%Bryan3,160
37.0%Taft2,035
5.5%
D+20.5
D+23.4
D+30.0
5,496
R
44.7%Parker2,406
47.6%Roosevelt2,561
7.7%
R+2.9
R+53.8
D+16.8
5,380
D
74.9%Bryan4,005
24.0%McKinley1,284
1.0%
D+50.9
R+41.7
D+58.5
5,345
D
95.9%Bryan5,828
3.3%McKinley200
0.8%
D+92.6
D+116.1
D+98.7
6,076
O
0.0%Cleveland0
23.5%Harrison1,079
76.5%
Weaver +53.1
—
R+25.1
4,599
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
58.5%19,934
38.7%13,205
34,096
2020
D
55.7%23,760
42.1%17,962
42,647
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+2.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+13.4
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Republican.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rifle, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
51,593
14,710
14,221
21,701
961
2018
53,908
14,805
13,779
24,368
956
2020
56,676
15,527
13,922
26,100
1,127
2022
58,263
14,527
13,095
29,513
1,128
2024
60,024
14,224
12,937
31,480
1,383
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−968 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,318 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rifle, CO in Rifle, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−897
2012
+169
2013
−338
2014
−169
2015
+168
2016
+470
2017
−502
2018
+2
2019
−474
2021
−135
2022
−868
2023
−285
2024
−491
2025
−968
Rifle anchors Garfield County's shale-extraction economy, and its workforce ties to the energy sector correlate with some of the widest Republican margins on Colorado's western slope.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.6 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.2 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.4 points.
A population of 79,464, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,592 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Edwards, CO and Breckenridge, CO.
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In 2024, Rifle, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 13.4 points (D+13.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 41,545 votes cast, 23,060 went Democratic and 17,485 went Republican.
When did Rifle, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rifle, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Rifle, CO, Colorado?
Rifle, CO, Colorado has a population of 79,464 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rifle, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Rifle, CO, Colorado is $93,592 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Rifle, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rifle, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
